Yellow Breeches Educational Center

Thank you to all of the amazing YBEC Educators who participated in this year's leadership conference! You made it the best one yet!!

A YBEC van driver is in need. Please share!

This is my girl sleeping on dialysis,and I pray that she finds her selfless angel, I know it’s a hard ask,but she is tired of this journey,and I see it every time we hook up,she has lived loved and lost, she’s listed at geisinger now in Wilkes-barre,570 808-5590, so please if your considering the donation process,try to help my daughter,because all I can do is pray for gods timing, thank you for sharing 🧡🧡🧡🧡 we need positive in our lives right now thank you and god bless all the warriors waiting,

Summer? Already? We had an amazing year here at YBEC full of growth and new experiences.

Graduating seniors and transitioning students,
We cannot wait to see what you do in the years to come. The world is not prepared for everything you have to share with it. Stay in touch if you can, we will be here!

Present Students,
Make the most of your summer! We want to hear some (appropriate) stories when you get back to us in August!

Future YBEC Students,
We cannot WAIT for you to get here! There is so much for you to do, and we are ready to show you all that you are capable of.

And Staff,
Keep that energy up wherever you go, and bring those summer adventures back to our classrooms for us next year!

Now go crush it y'all!

Fishing Creek Girls got out on the Muddy Creek for the first time in 15 years!

What we learned: We should have come back sooner.

This last late day was one for the books with each one of these students eagerly paddling rapids, gritting out the toughest parts of the paddle, and maintaining an overall positive mindset through it all. Great day all around for this crew, good work.

Congratulations to our Fishing Creek Jr. High students on another successful year! We cannot wait to see the amazing things you do next!

Congratulations on a great year YBEC Elementary Programs!

Thank you West Shore Theatre for another amazing premiere night! Find the latest of our film series on our Youtube - https://www.youtube.com//featured

Mock Trial at Plainfield!
Students recently part took in a first of its kind mock trial at Plainfield. Court is a complex system and can be difficult to navigate in a healthy manner. Both sides of the room buzzed with excitement and nervousness as witnesses took the stand, evidence was presented, and a ruling was made - eventually.

Thank you Cumberland County Judge Michelle Sibert and local stenographer Tracy Lloyd for coming in and making the day for our students!

YBEC made the news!

Adventure-based learning at Yellow Breeches Education Center Once a week, Yellow Breeches takes their students off campus for adventure-based learning at places like Roundtop Mountain Resort.

BREAKING : For the first time in YBEC history the Fishing Creek Girls Program walks away with the Dorm Inspection Trophy for the second year in a row.

Dorm inspections have become an integral part of the New Hampshire Trip, and the award holds high prestige among students and staff alike. Beyond the pride that comes with this award, this engaging challenge sets a precedent for our classrooms in Pennsylvania. An organized space is crucial in daily life at YBEC, especially for the high end adventure trips we pursue.

Congratulations Yellow Breeches Girls Program the attention to detail you all have is astounding. Great work and keep it up!

The formal dinner was the perfect way to wrap up our Level III New Hampshire Snow Sports trip this year. Students dressed to the nines and did NOT disappoint! We ate a great meal prepared by the phenomenal and kind staff at our lodge Purity Spring Resort and got to sign autographs on the fresh Attitash Ski Resort posters.

Thank you to all of our amazing students and staff for making this an amazing trip regardless of spring conditions! All together, we had more than 50 current YBEC'ers, and even had an alumni make a guest appearance. Way to go everyone who earned their place on this trip, keep shredding y'all!

Ski and Snowboarding lessons are all done and next week we travel to New Hampshire for our annual ski and snowboarding trip!

Thank you staff for the lessons and support through this learning process. We would especially like to thank the snow making team for the in depth behind the scenes tour of their snow making process! (Yes even though it is made with machines, it IS still real. And NO, you cannot eat it.)

Can't wait to shred up north!

To making the best of Life.

To cool mornings and a hot sun
To new friends and new experiences
To wearing wet suits by the fire
To hot lunch (THANK YOU Jeremy)
To late night chats under the stars
To overcoming fear and breathing underwater
To crystal clear water
To Lancaster Scuba Center and Blue Grotto Dive Resort, Williston Florida
To Virgil the Turtle and her warm heart…

To the mangroves we paddled through
To warm sand between our toes
To fishing with Stasz and wrestling Beebs
To coral and conch
To crocs and alligators and the panther
To the Chickies and the beach…

To sunsets across the bay
To sun screen and bug spray
And sun burns and bug bites
To tarpon and that nurse shark
To Robert Is Here Fruit Stand and Farm and a birthday
To this night on Islamorada and another birthday
To our trip leaders and facilitators
To our students back home
To our YBEC seniors

Cheers to the ‘Glades!!

Who let them cook? WE let them cook…and they made it all worth it.

Things we have discovered: Hot Cheetos smashed into a hamburger is way too good.

Shrinky-D***s: sometimes they work and the other 92% of the time they blow away into the cavities of your oven never to be seen again.

Plainfield Middle School made cell-shaped Shrinky D***s and they turned out great…for the most part.

(Disclaimer: there is no plastic in the YBEC ovens, we checked)

WOAH New York was nearly a month ago now and time is FLYING here at YBEC! Here is a quick recap of the trip in photos!

Now let's finish out Marking Period 2 strong!

This week we want to shine the spotlight on Val from Fishing Creek! Val has been adjusting to the busy YBEC schedule this semester, and might we just say they have been CRUSHING IT! Even as early as their tour of Fishing Creek, Ashley “A” Megna, Program Coordinator, could tell Val would have a place in the program. “Val is imaginative, helpful, motivated, and willing to take on new challenges as they come,” Megna said.

Val’s favorite activity at YBEC is cooking, specifically cutting up the veggies. Cooking is a pivotal activity in YBEC programming for many reasons. Cooking during class teaches students to be more independent and self-accountable while connecting their hands to their brains.

Val is notably attentive to the people around them. With a quiet demeanor, they tend to check on their peers and teachers when they are stressed, according to Megna. “Val is also SUPER intuitive and always tells me when I look overwhelmed or stressed out … meaning it’s time for me to grab an energy drink out of the fridge and get it together,” Megna said.

Thank you Val for being so amazing this fall, keep up the good work at Fishing Creek going into the new year!

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On behalf of Zoie, Ari, and Cameron: Applesauce goes to New York. (Applesauce is the beloved screaming chicken from Fishing Creek)

(More NYC photos to come, don’t you worry)

Thank you, Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg, for all you do for our students! If you haven't yet, check them out! An excellent non-profit in our community!

https://rbhburg.org/.

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YBEC is NYC bound! Stay tuned for updates.